4 cups shredded cheddar cheese 3.00
4 lbs Vanilla yogurt 3.36
Brown Sugar .98
5 dozen large eggs 7.02
Vegetable oil 2.18
5 lb white sugar 2.38Quaker Oats 3.16
1 pint strawberries 2.48
Bulk raisins 1.01
Mushrooms 1.78
Bulk hazelnuts 1.54
Onion .45
Broccoli Crowns 1.22
Bananas 1.70
Rubbing Alchohol 1.00
Toothpast 1.00
Paper lunch bags (for homemade microwave popcorn) 1.00
Night-light bulbs 1.00
Cotton Balls .99
Bacon 1.69
Powdered Sugar .79
8 oz cream cheese .99
4 Mac & Cheese 1.00
Total 41.72
You just can't beat the dollars store. I find alot of my non-food items at such great prices like Crest toothpaste (one of the few things I'm brand-loyal to).
If you're looking for the homemade microwave popocorn recipe...go HERE! We are talking 10 cents a bag, folks.
And here's my menu.
Breakfasts
Chewy Oatmeal Spice Bars
German Pancakes
Buttermilk Donuts (such a hit last week)
Amish Baked Oatmeal
Yogurt Breakfast Pops (minus the marshmallows)
Poached Eggs and Toast
Swiss Muesli
Dinners
Homemade Chicken Soup with Peasant Bread
Falafel (OH MY GOSH! This was so good that we are having it again this week.)
Spaghetti
Black Bean and Tortilla Bake
Broccoli Rice Quiche
Crock Pot Potato Chowder
Leftover Night
I found myself with lots of corn tortillas to use up (falafel, black bean bake) and a freezer full of homemade chicken broth, (chicken soup, potato chowder) so I planned my menu around that.
I hardly ever include side dishes when I list my menus but they usually consist of fresh or canned fruits and vegetables and homemade rolls or breads. I don’t have the energy or the time to cook a main dish AND a side dish that take a recipe.
And just in case you’re new here, lunches are simple stuff that the kids usually make for themselves such as leftovers, PB & J, hard boiled eggs, pickles…..stuff like that. I think my brain just might explode if I have to plan and cook THREE meals a day.
9 comments:
Looks like a yummy week! I'm trolling for ideas...
oooh, falafel..yum!!
:)
I'm thrilled to have stumbled across your blog. I think so many of us are in the same sinking economical boat so blogs like yours are so helpful. I appreciate the motivation.
I'm definitely bookmarking this.
I am going to buy ingredients for the falafel(sp?) recipe today- as this is my big grocery day. Thanks for the idea- this is such a great blog Gayle!
Great menu ideas!
By the way, I like your blog makeover!
Just stumbled across your blog the other day from Menu Plan Monday and have to say I LOVE IT!!! So much, that I borrowed some recipes from your menu for mine this week! Thanks!
Your blog is so much fun to read!
You are such an amazing inspiration. I appreciate all the hard work you do to maintain this blog. Speaking of blog maintenance, I LOVE the new look!
I like your new look! Very hip ;-)
I love to change up my blog every now and then, too.
I am just amazed at how cheaply you feed your family---and it is all good food! Thank you for the recipe links!
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